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host: does that mean that medicare and cutting spending for medicare is on the table? you accuse your opponent of supporting medicare cuts. is medicare on the table for you? guest: you bet. i have said at every campaign event that we have to change the structure to make it sustainable in the long term. i support the ryan plan. we have to raise the retirement age. with social security, we have to do the chain cpi. there are a lot of things we have to do. host: for you, who should be doing the negotiating? saw it was vice president joe biden and mitch mcconnell. guest: i hope it is -- we have moved away from regular order. with the senate, not one appropriations bill went through. my preference is to go through regular order. at is the best route. host: what about filibuster reform? that could be a vote that happens maybe in february. you wouldn't need 60 votes to just consider a vote. allow the legislation to come to the floor. how would you vote on that? guest: i hope we do not change rules that have served well over 200 years. the majority doesn't have its will. if yo
host: does that mean that medicare and cutting spending for medicare is on the table? you accuse your opponent of supporting medicare cuts. is medicare on the table for you? guest: you bet. i have said at every campaign event that we have to change the structure to make it sustainable in the long term. i support the ryan plan. we have to raise the retirement age. with social security, we have to do the chain cpi. there are a lot of things we have to do. host: for you, who should be doing the...
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the peanut need to treat medicare and social secreted did they do not need to treat medicare and social security -- they do not need to treat medicare and social security as short-term picture. host: it still has to go to the house. the need enough votes to approve it. here is "the new york times at" on what they are calling the mcconnell-biden plan -- possibly more to come if the house approves in what the senate did earlier this morning. christine from illinois, the republican line. caller: hello, i am disappointed republican. i'm thinking about switching to the democratic party. i just want to say that mcconnell is really disrespectful to his boss. any buss that have a job, having worked in a factory, will make problems for the boss and not agree and compromise. everybody would talk to them and end up getting fired. they do all the propaganda on the fox network. it is embarrassing. i just wanted to say that i did see one man -- i forgot his name, a congressman, james inhofe, he had the gall to go on a foxx and talk to bush people like they are still in charge and get their opinions.
the peanut need to treat medicare and social secreted did they do not need to treat medicare and social security -- they do not need to treat medicare and social security as short-term picture. host: it still has to go to the house. the need enough votes to approve it. here is "the new york times at" on what they are calling the mcconnell-biden plan -- possibly more to come if the house approves in what the senate did earlier this morning. christine from illinois, the republican line....
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if they want to cut medicare and social security, why don't they say it. they know it's not the will of the people. host: we're asking question, with a yes or no, will this congress be any different so far? seven say yes, 36 say no. you can adyour voice and comments and share with them in the next 45 minutes. keith is joining us from youngsville, louisiana. line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. i was just thinking maybe the suits need to quit putting money in their pockets and start spending it on what it needs to be spent on and quit going on vacation and do their jobs. host: lucy from mcclain, virginia, republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. the question is will this congress be different? i certainly hope so. i hope that the way it's perceived will be different. i hope and pray that finally people will realize how serious it is this 16.4 trillion dollars debt is and the democrats, don't seem to be bothered by it. if this country survive and be strong, we need to reduce this debt. we need to work together to cause that
if they want to cut medicare and social security, why don't they say it. they know it's not the will of the people. host: we're asking question, with a yes or no, will this congress be any different so far? seven say yes, 36 say no. you can adyour voice and comments and share with them in the next 45 minutes. keith is joining us from youngsville, louisiana. line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. i was just thinking maybe the suits need to quit putting money in their pockets...
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i started on medicare. because of my income, high pay twice what the average is, and we are planning to die, and i understand the state tax will go into effect and our state will have to pay 40%. -- estate have to pay 40%. if it involves less than 2% or 1% of the people, let's stick it to them, but we are real people. i hear the middle class are hard-working people. i work hard, too. i pay my taxes. and enjoy life, -- i enjoy life, giving things to organizations, but i do not enjoy giving my tax money, and for you to say if you are doing well, you have to be doing something wrong, you have to be mean, bad, sitting at home and not working. i worked eight-to-12 hours a day, five days a week, and i want to keep what i have been tested on to my family, but it seems like since i am less than 1%, i do not really matter. host: let's get a response from the congressman, but first look first at what is happening with taxes. that is from "usa today." guest: i think that is an important point. first of all, the only p
i started on medicare. because of my income, high pay twice what the average is, and we are planning to die, and i understand the state tax will go into effect and our state will have to pay 40%. -- estate have to pay 40%. if it involves less than 2% or 1% of the people, let's stick it to them, but we are real people. i hear the middle class are hard-working people. i work hard, too. i pay my taxes. and enjoy life, -- i enjoy life, giving things to organizations, but i do not enjoy giving my...
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medicare, the same thing. we have to find ways to do it. continuing to kick the can down the road, we cannot do the hard things today, but trust us later, it is not inspiring. in many ways we already looks like greece. our debt is about 100% of gdp. government is 25% of annual economy, and those are numbers that are historically dangerous for our country to be in. if we do not change them soon, we will look like greece, and have many of the same problems. when people lose confidence in our ability to be fiscally responsible, bad things will happen fast. we saw a glimpse of that in 2008. that will just be an appetizer. host: did you support john boehner? guest: we do not do leadership. only members of congress get that vote. i think john boehner is a fine individual, a conservative individual. i wish he would lead a little more consistent with his own votes, and i have heard him say he is not knig, but speaker of the congress that he has to represent, but i think nancy pelosi provides a great example. it might surprise your viewers that i ha
medicare, the same thing. we have to find ways to do it. continuing to kick the can down the road, we cannot do the hard things today, but trust us later, it is not inspiring. in many ways we already looks like greece. our debt is about 100% of gdp. government is 25% of annual economy, and those are numbers that are historically dangerous for our country to be in. if we do not change them soon, we will look like greece, and have many of the same problems. when people lose confidence in our...
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or medicare benefits. i think that over time you have a duty to reform the programs so that less of the burden is falling on the federal government which is going bankrupt and more is put on perhaps burden sharing with wealthier citizens. i think that makes a lot of sense. i hear your point and this is why the tea party republicans are so irritated with the so-called establishment republicans. what happened in the bush years is we had two wars and we didn't pay for them and now we have a deficit problem that is made worse by president obama's rapid spending. so, we have to understand our place in this fight and we've got to take responsibility for our share of it. the fact of the matter is if we don't get to grips with entertainment spending we will go grip. host: this is from sasha. did president clinton invite speaker gingrich? guest: we know that he invited him on an airplane ride and gingrich didn't like it so he stalked out of the back of the airplane. without knowing with 100% certainty i think that
or medicare benefits. i think that over time you have a duty to reform the programs so that less of the burden is falling on the federal government which is going bankrupt and more is put on perhaps burden sharing with wealthier citizens. i think that makes a lot of sense. i hear your point and this is why the tea party republicans are so irritated with the so-called establishment republicans. what happened in the bush years is we had two wars and we didn't pay for them and now we have a...